Bottle-washing machine.



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BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.14,1911.

Patented May 5, 1914.

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DANIEL SCI'IMII), 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO PROGRESSIVE MANU-FACTURING CO., OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION 0F WISCONSIN.

BOTTLE-WASHING MACHINE;

Speciication of Letters Patent.

Application led January 14, 1911. Serial No. 602,61.

To all lc/01a 'it ma 1/ concern Be it known that I, DANIEL SCHMImacitizen of-.the United States, residing m Milwaukee, State of\Visconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-VVaslnngMachines, of whichthe following is a description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a bottle washing machinewhich will produce successive cleaning operations upon a series oftraveling bottles without interfering with the continuous feed motion ofsaid bottles through the machine.

Another object of the invention isto accomplish the foregoing by meansof a table which is provided with a number of yielding bottle engagingmembers to engage the mouths of the bottles and is adapted toreciprocate vertically so as to' close upon and to retreat 'from saidbottles and which is also adapted to reciprocate horizontally so thatthe said members may travel with the bottles while in engagementtherewith and move to a new position to engage a new set of bottles whenthe members are in their released position.

Another object of this invention is to provide such table with a numberof the members having bottle washing mea-ns therein to project into thebottles and turn in the same while spraying a cleaning liquid or arinsing liquid, vsuch members opera-ting successively on the series ofbottles.

Another object of the invention is to provide a washing machine withrotary brushes for thoroughly cleaning the exterior of the bottlesduring their travel into the machine and through the machine.

Another object of the invention is to improve upon the details ofconstruction of -bottle washing machines.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thebottle washing machine herein claimed, its parts and combinations ofparts and all equivalents.

Referring to the accompanying drawings inlwhich like characters ofreference indicate the' same parts 1n the different views;

Figure 1 is an elevation of a bottle washing machine constructed inaccordance with this' invention, as seen from one side,'the tablebeing'shown in its lower position in transit in the county ofMilwa'ukee'andV from one set of bottles to another. Fig. 2 1s a similarvlew thereof as seen from the other slde of the machine, the cleaningtable Patented May 5, 1914.

being in its upper or working position; Fig.

3 is a plan view, parts being broken away for clea'rness ofillustration. Fig. L is a vertical transverse sectional view on noregular plane; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of parts 'somewhatsimilar to Fig. l, but showing parts in their positions when thecleaning table engages the bottles and just before the cleaning toolsare inserted in the bottles. Fig. G is an end elevation of the inclinedcleaner for the exterior of the bottles which operates on them justbefore they enter the conveyer of the machine; Fig. 7 1s a detail planview of the cleaning table traveling frame; Fig. 8 is an enlargeddeta1.l v1ew of the spindle supporting and driving mechanism; Fig. 9 isa further detail View of the spindle driving mechanism in verticalsection; Fig. 10 is a view of the v same parts in plan; Fig. 11 isadetail View of the adjusting mechanism for varying the extent of upwardmovement of the spindles to accommodate bottles of different sizes; and,Fig. 12 is a further detail View of such adjusting mechanism.

I n these `drawings 20 indicates a frame which comprises two sidemembers substantially alike, forming supports for the vari- 4ous partsof the mechanism and bearings for the .several shafts which extend fromone side of the machine to the other.

One of t-he most important features of this invention consists of aconveyer which preferably is constantly drive-n and which receivesbottles in the openings of bottle carrier plates thereof, such bottlesreceiv ing preliminary outside cleaning as they pass down an inclinedchute into the openings of the bott-le carriers and continuing with theconveyer in uninterrupted travel over a series of cleaner tools whichautomatically clamp therewith and enter the interior of the bottle whileinjecting cleaning or rinsing liquid therein, such cleaning devicetraveling with the bottles for a distance and then returning to take upa new position whereby each bottle is subjected to the cleaning andrinsing devices successively and then passes out of the machine where-'it may be inspected and removed by an operator. Such conveyercomprises a pair of l'chains 21 which ascend at an incline 'from LILLE..1 ,095,290

strips 23 until they pass around sprocket wheels 25 mounted on brackets26 beyond the other end cf the machine and then descend and return tothe sprocket wheel 22V after passing around a sprocket wheel 27 which isprovided with adjusting screws 28 for tightening the conveyer. Theconveyer' chains are driven by means of a sprocket wheel 29 on the sameshaft with sprocket wheels 24, which is lconnected by a chain 30 with asprocket Wheel 31 on a shaft 32. The shaft 32 in turn is driven by agear wheel 33 which is mounted thereon and meshes with pinion 34carrying a larger gear wheel 35 in mesh with a pinion 36 on a driveshaft 37 which is driven in any suitable manner, as by a belt pulley 38connected with some engine or motor.

The bottle carriers 39 are preferably in the form of wooden plateshaving tapering openings therethrough to receive the bottle necks, asclearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and are pivotally connected with thechains 21 so as to be capable of passing over the sprocket wheels in themanner shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

rlhe bottles are delivered to the openings in the bottle carrier atregular intervals, when such openings are in position to receive them,by a preliminary cleaning mechanism` A shaft 40 journaled across bracketframes 41, has a sprocket wheel 42 on one end, as best shown in Fig. 6,which is connected by a chain 43, Fig. 2, with sprocket wheel 44 on thedrive shaft- 37 and this shaft 40 is provided with a number of spiralwheels 45 meshing with corresponding spiral wheels 46 on the lower endsof a series of inclined roller shafts 46 which are mounted .in thebracket frames 41 'and carry rolls 48. rllhe bottles are placed uponthese rollers, or rather in the spaces between them, so that each bottlebears on two of `the rollers and the motion of the rollers is impartedto the bottles, said bottles being held temporarily against sliding oliof the inclined rollers by a shutter 49 which stands in their path, asshown in Figs. 1 and 6. At the proper time the shutter is withdrawn topermit the bottles toslide down the incline of the rollers and along aninclined guide 50 into the openings of the bottle carriers which arethen in position to receive them. This autornatic tripping operationofthe shutter 1s produced by reason of said shutter being mounted on theends of levers 51 which are fulcrumed in the bracket frames 41, one ofsaid levers having a spring pressed rod 52 extending from it and passingthrough a gide 53'and the frame 20 vwith its bent end in a position tobe engaged by a trip lug 54 A on the gear wheel 33, the engagement ofsaidl trip lug with the end of rod 52' serving to lift the rod and swingthe levers 51 to Withdraw the shutter, as shown in Fig. 2, and permitthe bottles toslide downwardly into the bottle carriers.

The turning movement of the bottles produced by the rotation of therollers 48 on which they rest while detained by the shutter is for thepurpose of bringing their entire outer surface into the action of rotarycleaning brushes 55 which are mounted in the bracket frame 41 and aredriven from the roller shafts 47 by a chain passing around sprocketWheels 56 and 57 on the ends of said rotary brushes and said rollershafts respectively, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. At the same time thatthe brushes rub against the turning bottles, streams of Water or othercleaning fluid, play upon the bottles from pipes 58, as seen in Fig. 1.When the bottles have been discharged from the preliminary cleaner bythe withdrawal of the shutter 49, the rod52 leaves the trip lug 54 andthe shutter is returned toaits po- Sition shown in Fig. 1 for retainingthe next set of bottles placed on the rollers by the opera-tor.

After the bottles enter the bottlecarrier, they travel upwardly to thehorizontal portion of the travel of the conveyer where theyv pass over atable which carries the cleaning devices and which is given an up anddown movement as well as a horizontal movement. At thefsame time thebottles pass beneath a bottle clamping frame which has 'correspendingmovements imparted to it to clamp the bottles from above at the sametime that they are clamped from below by means of the table and itsparts. A horizontal beam 59, as seen in Fig. 1, and a correspondinghorizontal beam 60, as seen in Fig. 2, are suspended by means of links61 at their opposite ends, which links, as shown in Fig. 7, are mountedon the ends of cross rods 62 which connect the ends of said horizontalbeams 59 and 60 to form a rectangular frame. The links 61 are pivotallymounted on the frame 20 at their upper ends and being of the samelength, the rectangular frame is capable of swinging though remaininghorizontal at all times.. @ne of the links 61 has an upwardly extendingprojection 63 converting it into a lever for causing the swinging motionof the rectangular frame by having a roller 64 on its end traveling in acam channel 65 on the face of gear wheel 33, previously referred to. Atthe other end of the rectangular frame, it is steadied in its movementsby means of short arms 66, Fig. 5, having slotted connections with thecross rods 62 and being carried by rod 67 which is mounted in the frame2 0. The horizontal'beam 59 has an opening or sleeve 'portion 68 throughwhich a vertical l guide rod 69 passes and the horizontal beam 60 isprovided with a slotted upward extension 70 and a slotted downwardextension 71, both preferably parts of an integral casting therewith,and in all forming a guide ,frame of the shape of a cross. The verticalguide rod 69 is clamped to the horizontal beam 59 by means of a setscrew 68', as shown inl Fig. 7, and at its lower end it is connectedwith the downward extension 71 of the other horizontal beam 60 by meansof tie rods 71. A table 7 2 is slidably mounted on the vertical guiderod 69 and carriesl a pair of guide rollers 73, one above the other,which it within the groove of the-guide beam 60 so that said table isfree to move vertically. Likewise `a bottle clamping frame 74 isslidably mounted by loosely fitting on the vertical guide rod 69 andhasa pair of rollers 75 fitting within the slotof the guide beam 60. Thevertical movements of. the table 72 and the bottle clamping frame 74Aare accomplished automatically from the gear wheel'33 by means of alever 76, Fig. 5, which is loosely mounted on a shaft 77 extendingacross the rectangular frame and journaled in the beams 59 and 60, said"lever having a roller 78 on its end to normally ride upon a concentricflange 79 on the wheel 33but which is adapted to ride off of said iangeat a certain point in the cycle of operation and then move toward thecenter of the wheel 33, a short distance, as shown in Fig. l, where itremains until again engaged` by. the inwardly turned end of fiange 79 bywhich it is returned to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 5.This lever 76 has la turn buckle connection 80 with a lever A81 which isfixed on the shaft 77 with its shorter end connected by a link 82withthe table 72, the other end of shaft -77 being similarly providedwith a 4crank arm 83 which is likewise provided with a y link connection84 with the table 72 whereby the swinging movements of the lever 76,produced .by its roller `engagement with the flange 79, are imparted tothe lever 81 through the turn buckle connection and result in a verticalsliding movement of the table 72 by reason of said link connections.

The adjustment of the turn buckle 80 serves to vary the normalelevation-of the table 72 and adapt the machine fo-r bottles ofdifferent lengths. The shorter end of lever 7 6 is connected by a link85 with a sector-shaped end of a hand lever 86 which is fixed on a shaft87 journaled .in the beams 59 and 60, said connection being adjustablyobtained by means of a clamp member 88 capable ofA riding in -anarc-shaped slot 89 ofthe hand lever 86. The hand lever 86 hasva link 90connecting it with .the bottle clamping-frame ,74 and the. other endgofshaft-.8 7 -has a crank arm 91 on it with a link connection 92 with thebottle clamping frame 74, as shown 1n Flg. 2. `The movements of thelever 76 are thus also transferred tothe bottle clampinvframe 74 byImeans of the shaft 87 and itsblink and lever connections 85 and 86 withsaid lever 76. By 'adjusting the clamping member 88, forming aconnectionbetween the link 85 and the hand lever 86, to a different position inthe arc-shaped slot 89, the normal position of the bottle clamping frame74 may be varied to accommodate bottles of different sizes, the handleon hand lever 86 being provided to facilitate such adjustment.

As best shown in Fig. 4, the table 72 com-' prises an upper plate spacedfrom a lower p late and provided with openings of sufficient size toreceive the bottle necks and between these plates are telescopingspringpressed funnel-shaped compressible members 93 which are engaged bythe mouths of the bottles as the table rises in its vertical movementsabove described and yield so as to tightly fit therewith.v The bottleclampmg frame 74 is provided on its under surface with flaringfour-pronged bottle seats 94, as seen in Fig. 3, to engage the upperends of the bottles and center them and hold them steady in theirengagement with the members 93, as shown in Fig. 5, when said bottleclamping frame 74 is lowered by the means just described. The bottleclamping frame, as sho-wn in Fig. 3, is formed of two portions spacedapart, the intervening space being occupiedby a rotary brush 95 which isjournaled in the bottle clamping frame and is driven by having asprocket wheel 96 o n its end engaging a chain 97, Fig. 2, which passesaround a sprocket wheel 98 on shaft 37 and also around a chain tightenersprocket wheel 99 which is suspended from the frame 70 by mea-ns of aIlink 100. The purpose of this rotary brush 95 is to clean the upperends of the bottles as they pass therebeneat-h. This brush may beassisted in its cleaning operation by the presence of a spray of wateror other cleaning liquid, as with the brushes- 55.'

When the bottles are clamped between the table and the bottle clampingframe, cleaning instruments are thrust into them and turned to scour theinterior of the bottles and at the same time, cleaning and rinsingliquids-are injected into the bottles, preferably by means of saidcleaning tools. The shaft 32 has a crank arm 101 at each end thereofwhich crank arms are connected by links 102 with levers 103 at anintermediate portion thereof, this connection being shown in detail inFigs. 11 and 12 as constituting a shaft 104 passing through elongatedslots 105 in the levers 103 and connecting t-lie two' levers 102 at the.opposite sides of the machine, said shaft-having a sleeve` 106 keyedthereon'and terminating in pinions 107 which mesh with racks 108 on thelevers 103, whereby the turning of the shaft 104, which is accomplishedby means of a hand wheel- 109 on its end, serves to cause, it to 1travel along the slots 105 to bring the pivloose sleeves therebetweenand washers on either side thereof. When the desired adjustment isaccomplished, the parts may be locked by turning a hand nut 110 which isthreaded on the shaft 104 and tends to clamp the parts together. Theends ofthe levers 103 are provided with elongated slots 111, whichengage rollers carried by Studs 112 on a gear casing 113, as shown indetail in Figs. 9 and 10. rThis gear casing is loosely mounted on thevertical guide post (39 and has a sleeve 114 passing through the` slotof guide frameA extension 71, said gear casing being guided in said slotby having a pair of rollers 115 bea-ring against the walls thereof. Oneof the rollers 115 is mounted on the sleeve 114 and said sleeve passesthrough the slot.111 of the other lever 103. It will be seen that thegear casing 113 is vertically movable on the guide rod 69 and in theguide 'frame 71 in the same manner as the table 72 and the bottleclamping frame 74 and that the turning ot the cranks 101 causes thelevers 103 to swing by their link connections 102 therewith and thusslide the `gear casing 113 vertically to a greater or less extent,according to the adjustment of the pivotal connection of said links withsaid levers by mea-ns of the hand Wheel 109.

The gear casing 113, as shown in Fig. 9, forms a. closed oilyf'chamberin which are mounted a pair of gear wheels 116 carried by studs 117,said gear wheels meshing with each other and one of them carrying' abeveled gear wheel 118 meshing with beveled gearwheel 119 on a shaft 120which passes through the sleeve 114 and is driven by a sprocket wheel121. The sprocket wheel 121, as shown in Fig. 2, engages throughout thetravel of the gear casing 113 with a chain 122 which is driven by asprocket wheel 123 on shaft 37 and passes around an idler sprocket wheel124 mounted on the frame extension 71, there being a chain tightenerroller 125 suspended from the frame by means of a weighted lever 126 forkeeping the chain 122 taut at all times. Again referring to Figs. 9 and10, the gear wheels 116 mesh with pinions 127 on vertical tubularspindles 128 which have their lower ends fitting in step bearings 129within the gear casing, as shown in detail in Fig. 8, and have theirupper ends passing through packing glands rovided for them in the bottomof the ta le 72, where, as shown in Fig, 4, they are provided withbrushes 130 Loaaaoo normally contained within the telescoping,l

yielding tubular members 93, but which are projected within the bottleswhen 'the gear casing 113 is lifted, as just described. These vdles 28are-lubricated by means of wicks 131 which lead from the interior of anoil well 132 supplied with lubricant through a bent tube 133, the drainfrom such step bearing being taken off through an opening 134 into thetop portion of the gear casing from which it runs into a well where thebeveled gear 19 dips into it and by splashing the oil throughout thegear casing serves to thoroughly lubricate all of the gearing. rlhebottom of the gear casing is provided with water passage ways 135through which tubular plugs 136 pass to constitute a communicationbetween said water passage ways and the bores of the spindles 128, saidtubular plugs passing through packing glands 137 in the lower ends ofthe spindles 128 so as to prevent a leakage of water into the gearcasing. The gear casing 113 carries bracket extensions 138 at its endswhich support water supply pipes 139 having vertical tubes 140projecting upwardly therefrom and entering the table 72 in the samemanner as the spindles 128 for injecting water or other cleaning fluidinto the bottles before and after the treatment with the brushes. Thesewater pipes 139, as well as the water passage ways 135 may be suppliedwith water or other cleaning liquid by means of flexible hose pipes 141which may be automatically controlled as by a valve 142, shown in Fig.1, having a roller engagement with a cam arm 143 projecting downwardlyfrom the beam 59 so that when the gear casing 113 is in its lowermostposition, the valves are closed, but as soon as the gear casing israised so that the brushes and water tubes are projected in to thebottles, said valves will be opened automatically to inject their sprayof liquid into the bottles.

After the bottles pass away from the cleaning mechanism, they travelbeyond the frame of the machine to a position in which they may bereadily inspected and from which they may be conveniently removed by anoperator at the discharge end of the machine. To prevent the bottlesbeing carried by the conveyer around the'sprocket Wheels 25 in event oirthe operator at the discharge end of the machine neglecting to removethem in time, an automatic stop is provided to disconnect the drivingconnections of the machine and bring the mechanism to a stop at suchtimes. The shaft on which the sprocket wheels 25 are mounted is tubularand a rod 144 passes through it with crank arms 145 on its end whichcarry a rod 146 extending across the path of the bottles on the conveyerso as to be engaged thereby and swung. forming an extension of one ofthe arms 145, to push upwardly on a link 148 and thereby swing a bellcrank lever 149 to which it is attached, Fig. 3, so as to throw out ofconnection'a clutch member 150 which connects the pinion 36 with thedrive shaft 37, and thus stop the motion of all of the machine exceptthe turningof the brushes which continues because of their directdriving connection with the drive shaft. The conveyer being arrested Ain its movement does not carry the bottles around the sprocket wheels Q5so that there is no danger of the bottles falling out ofthe bottlecarriers.

The operation of the several parts of the machine has been fullydescribed incidental to the description of their construction, but

briely reviewed, is as follows: The bottles are placed by the operatorupon the rotating rollers 48 `where they receive an external cleaning bythe-rotary brushes .which brush against them while they are being turnedby the rollers 48and while they are subjected -to the spray .of cleaningliquid from pipe 58. When the conveyer reaches a position in which it isadapted to receive the bottles from the preliminary cleaner, the shutter49 is withdrawn automatically and the bottles slide down into theopenings provided for them in t-he bottle holders and are carried alongwith the conveyer until they come between the bottle clamping fra-me andthe table, when these mechanisms are moved toward each other by theoperation of lever 76 so that the bottles rst become clamped betweenthem and receive a preliminaryl internal washing from the irst set ofcleaning liquid supply tubes 140, a strong alkaline solution beingpreferably injected at this point in the cycle of operation. While thebottles are being clamped by the bottle clamping frame and the table,these mechanisms move along with them, the entire mechanism suspended bythe links 61 swinging in unison with the motion of the bottles becauseof the raction of lever 63.- When the lever 63 arrives at the steeppitch of its cam channel in the gear wheel, 33, as shown in Fig. 1, itreturns .the swinging parts to their original position, but justprevious thereto, the bottle clamping frame and the table have beenmoved away from the bottles by the lever '76 riding 0H of the flange 79,the weight of the table and its parts being suiliciently greater thanthe weight of the bottle clamping frame, which it counterbalances, toaccomplish this purpose at such time. When the'swinging parts arereturned to their advance position, the bottles are again clampedbetween the bottle clamping frame and the table, but this time thebottles which Iwere This causes a crank arm 147 before clamped by therst set of members 93, are now clamped 'by the second set and thebrushes 180 are projected into them and rapidlyA turned while thecleaning fluid is being sprayed from openings in the tubular spindlewithin or near the brush portion and this operation is repeated with thesuccessive clamping members, the final engagement of thel bottles beingpreferably for the injection of clear water for rinsing the bottles. Thebottles are then carried to the discharge end of the machine where theyare removed and should the operator neglect to remove them in time, theywill automatically stop the movement -of the conveyer and preventbreakagef With this machine the great advantage is gained by having thetravel of the bottles continuous instead of intermittent for no time islost and the operation is uninterrupted from the time the bo-ttles areplaced in the machine until they are removed therefrom. The bottlesbecome thoroughly7 cleaned outside and have labels removed therefrom bythe action of the rollers 48 and the brushes 55 before they enter theconveyer and then are successively treated chemically and mechanicallyto thorou hly cleanse the interior, the only portions 0% the exterior ofthe bott-le which are not thoroughly cleaned before the bottle entersthe .conveyer, the upper ends, being cleaned by the brush 95 in theirpassagel between thebottle clamping frame and the table.-

All of the parts are made adjustable to accommodate bottles of varioussizes so lthat themachine may be quickly changed from one class of workto another.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A bottle washer,.comprising a frame, a continuously moving bottleconveyer passing through the frame, a. suitably driven wheelmounted onthe frame and containing a cam, links suspended from the frame, beamsconnected with the said links andthe said lever to receive a swingingmotion from the cam in a direction to cause it to alternately move withand counter to the bottle .on\ 'eyer, a. gui'de rod carried-by theswinging beams, a table slidably mount-ed on the guide rod, cleaningmechanism carried' by the table, and means for sliding the table on theguide rod toward the bo-ttles while the beams are swinging with themovement of the bottle conveyer.

2. A bottle washing machine, 'comprising a. frame, a continuously movingbottle co-nveyer traveling through the frame, afsuitably driven wheelmounted on the frame having a cam, la lever fulcrumed on the frame witha. roller traveling on the cam, links sus- 'zol swinging movement tocausethem to alternately move with and counter to the bott-le conveyer,a guide rod carried by one ofthe beams to move therewith, a tableslidably mounted on the guide rod, bottle cleaning mechanism carried bythe table, a lever fulcrumed on one of the beams and having connectionwith the table, a roller, and a ange on the wheel for engaging theroller to swing t-he lever and cause the table to slide on the verticalrod toward the bottle conveye-r.

3. A bottle washing machine, comprising a frame, a continuously movingbottle conveyer passing through the frame, a. suitably vdriven wheel onthe frame having a cam and an interrupted annular -ange, a leverfulcrumed on the frame with a roller trav-v eling on the cam, linkssuspended from the frame, beams carried by the links and said lever, aguide rod on one of the beams, a table slidably mounted on theguide'rod, bottle cleaning means carriediby thetable, a lever fulcrumedon one of the beams and having a roller to engage the said lia-nge, aconnection between said .lever and the table, a bottle clamping frameslidably mounted on the guide rod, and a connection between the tableand saidv lever and between the bottle clamping frame and saidy leverfor causing said table and bottle clamping frame to move toward eachother and clamp the bottle between them,

4. A bottle Washing machine, comprising a frame, a continuously movingbot-tle conveyer passing therethrough, a .suitably driven wheel mountedon the frame and provided with a cam groove and a broken annular Hange,alever 'ulcrumed on-the fra-me and provided with a roller engaging thecamvgroove, links on'xthe frame-beams suspended by the links and thelever, a guide rod carried by one ofthe. beams, a table slidably'mountedonthe guide rod,lbottle cleaning means carriedfby the table a bot-` tleclamping frame also slid'ably mounted on the guide rod, aleverqfulcrumed on one of the beams and having a roller 'for engagingthe annular ange, an adjusting` means on said lever, a linkconnected,Ato said lever, a clamping4 member thereon, a hand lever fulcrumed on oneof' the beams and 'provided with an arc-shaped slot for engagement withthe clamping means, a link connecting the hand lever with the bottleclamping frame, a lever 4ulcrumed on one of the beams and connected withthe adj-ust ing means, and a link connecting said last mentioned leverwith the table.l

5. A' bottle washing machine, comprising a frame, a continuously movingbottle con- Veyer passing through the frame, a shaft journaled in theframe, a wheel on the shaft provided with a cam groove and a brokenannular Bange, a lever fulcrumed on the frame provided with a rollerengaging the also slidably ineaaac cani groove, links Suspended from theframe, beams carried by the links and the lever,'a guide rod on one ofthe beams, a table slidably mounted on the guide rod, a bottle framealso slidably mounted on the rod, a lever fulcrumed on one of the beamsand having a. roller engaging theannular flange, connections from saidlever to the table and the bottle clamping frame, cranks on the ends ofthe shaft, .leversl fulcrumed on the frame, links connect-ing'saidcranks with the last mentioned levers, and a cleaning tool frame alsoslidably mounted on the guide rod and provided with cleaning-toolspassing through the table, said cleaning tool frame having a slidingconnection With the last mentionedy levers whereby the turning of thecranks will cause the levers to lift the tool frame and project thecleaning tools in to the bottles.

6. A bottle cleaning machine, comprising a frame, a continuously movingbottle conveyer passing therethrough, a shaft journaled on the frame, a`Wheel on the shaft having a cam groove and an interrupted annularflange, a lever -fulcrumed on the frame and provided with a rollertraveling in fthe cam groove, links suspended from the frame, beamsconnected with the links and the lever, a. guide rod' on one of thebeams,

a table slidably mounted on the guide rod, a

bottle clamping frame also slid'ablymounted on the guide rod, aleverfulcrumed on one of the beams andv having connection lwith the tableandthe bottle 'clamping frame and provided with a roller-en aging-the,annular flange, cranks on the en s of the shaft, levers i'nlcrumed onthe fra-me, a tool frame mounted on the guide rod provided 4withcleaning tools .passing through the table, said. tool frame having' asliding connection with-th' links connected with the cranks, and means'or adjustably connecting the linksV of the last mentioned'levers.

`7. A bottlewashing machine, com a frame, a-continuously moving bott econ,- veyer passing through the frame, arecipio'-I eating frame mountedon'the frame, means for reciprocatin the'frame, suitabl driven cranks,levers crumed on the ame, a

guide rod carried bythe reciprocating frame, a toolframe slidablymounted on the guide' rod and having a sliding connection with the lastmentioned levers, and links connected with the cranks and havinadjustable connections with the last mentioned levers, comprising ashaft passng'through slots in said levers, a sleeve keyed on said shaftwith pinions on its ends, racks on the levers meshln withthe pinions,said links being pivotal y mounted on the shaft, av clamping nutthreaded on the' shaft for clamping the arts in their adjustment, and ahandle ont e shaft by which -it may be e" last mentioned levers,

turned for adjusting the shaft by means of the racks and pinions.

8. A bottle washing machine, comprising a frame, a cont-inuously movingbottle conveyer passing therethro-ugh, a. reciprocating frame mounted inthe frame, means for reciprocating `the same, a guide rod carried by thereciprocating frame, a gear casing slidably mount-ed on the guide rod,means for lift-ing the gear casing, spindles carried by the gear casing,bottle clamping brushes on the ends of the spindles adapted to enter thebottles of the conveyerwhen the gear casing is lifted, pinions on thelower ends of the spindles, intermeshing gears within the gear casingmeshing with the pinions, and means for driving the intermeshlng gearsfor turning the spindles. y

9. A bottle washing machine, comprising a frame, a continuously movingbottle conveyer passing therethrough, a reciprocating frame mounted inthe frame, means for reciprocating the same, a guide rod carried by thereciprocating frame, a gear casing slidably mounted on the guide rod,means for lifting the gear casing, tubular spindles carried by the gearcasing, bottle cleaning brushes on the ends of the spindles adapted toenter the bott-les of the conveyer when the gear casing is lifted,pinions on the lower lends of the spindles, intermeshing gears withinthe gear casing meshing-with'the pinions, means for driving theintermeshing gears for turning the spindles, step bearings in the gearcasing for the lower en ds of the spindles, water passage ways in thegear casing, tubular plugs fitting within the water passage ways andenterlng the lower ends of the spindles, and packing glands in the lowerends' of the spindles around the tubular plugs.

10. A bottle washing machine, comprising a. frame, a. continuouslymoving bottle conveyer passing therethrough, a reciprocating 'framemounted in the frame, means for reciprocating the same, a guiderod and aslotted guide frame carried by the reciproeating frame, a gearvcasingslidably mounted on the guide rod, means for lifting the gear casing,tubular spindles carried by the gea-r casing, bottle cleaning brushes onthe :nds -of the spindles adapted to enter the bottles of the conveyerwhen the gear casing is lifted, pinions on the lower ends `of the.

spindles, intermeshing gears within the gear casing and meshing with thepinions, a beveled gear on one of the intermeshing gears, a shaftjournaled in the gear casing, a beveled gear thereon meshing with theother beveled gear, a sprocket wheel on the shaft, a guide rollerAsurrounding the shaft anda guide roller mounted on the gear casing,

said guide rollers bearing within the slotted guide frame, and a drivingchain mounted on the frame in engagement with the sprocket wheel fordriving the spindles during the movementof the gear casing.

l1. A bottle washing machine, comprising a frame, a continuously movingbottle conveyer passing therethrough, a reciprocating frame mountedinthe frame, means for reciprocating the same, a guide rod carried bythe reciprocating frame, a gear casin slidably mounted on the guide rod,means or lifting the gear casing, tubular spindles carried by the gearcasing, bottlefcleanin brushes on t-he ends of the spindles adapte toenter the bottles of the conveyer when the gear casing is lifted,pinions on the lower ends of the spindles, intermeshing gears withi'nthegear casing meshing with the pinions, means for driving the intermeshinggears for turning the spindles, step bearings in the gear casing for thelower ends of the spindles, water passage ways in the gear casing,tubular plugs fitting within the water passage ways and entering thelower ends of the spindles, packing glands in the lower- .ends of thespindles around the tubular plugs, flexible v water pipes connected withthe water passage ways, valves therefor, and camsv in the path of thevalves for operating the`r saine v during the lmovements of the gearcasing.

12. A bottle washin machine, comprising a frame, a continuous -y movingbottle conveyer passing. through the frame, a reciprocating .tableadapted to alternately move with and counter to the conveyer, a bottleclamping frame reciprocating with the table, means for moving the tableand the bottle clamping frame toward the bottles to clamp the bottlesbetween them, and a rotary brush carried by the bottle clamping frameLfor cleaning the bot-toms of the bottles.

' 13. A bottle washing machine, com rising a frame, a continuouslymoving bott e conveyer passing through the frame at an inv cline andhaving openings to receive bottles, a shaft journaled in the frame,means on the shaft for driving the bottle conveyer, a trip lug carriedby the shaft, a spring retracted trip rod in the path of the tri -lug tobe engaged thereby, a lever mounted on the frame and connected with thetrip rod, a shutter carried by the lever, a series of inclined rollsadapted -to support bottles between them, said bottles being preventedfrom sliding off of the rolls by the said shutter, worm wheels on therolls, a shaft journaled on the frame, spraLwheels on the shaft meshingwith the spiral wheels on the rolls, means for driving necting thesprocket wheels of the rotary brushes and the sprocket wheels of therolls, and an inclined guide in line with the rolls to receive thebottles therefrom when the shutter is withdrawn and to guide them'l intothe openings of the conveyer.

14. A bottle Washing machine, comprising a frame, a continuously movingbottle conveyer passing through the frame, automatic means for cleaningthe bottles during their passage through the machine, a drive shaftjournaled on the frame for operating the cleaning means, a clutch forinterrupting the driving connection of the driving shaft, a bracket onthe frame, a tubular shaft journaled therein, sprocket wheels on theshaft over which the bottle conveyer passes, arod passing through thetubular shaft, levers on the rod, a stop rod connecting the levers and"standing in the path of the bottles to be engaged thereby for swingingthe levers, a connecting rod connected with one of the levers, and abell crank on the frame connected with the connecting rod and with theclutch, whereby the clutch is disconnected when the bottles engage thestop rod.

15. A bottle Washing machine, comprising a continuously moving bottleconveyer, a reciprocating table beneath the conveyer alternately movingwith and counter to the bottle conveyer, a bottle clamping frame abovethe conveyer reciprocating with the table, a continuously operatedbottle washing means carried by the table,

a stationary drivl menace the bottle washing 16. A bottle Washingmachine, comprising a continuously moving bottle conveyer, areciprocating table beneath the conveyer alternately moving with andcounter to the bottle conveyer, rotary brushes carried by the table,continuously 'operating stationary driving means for the rotary brushes,a bottle clamping frame carried by the reciprocating table above theconveyer, bottle seats on the bottle clamping frame, means for movingthe table and the bottle clamping frame toward each other'` to clamp the-bottles of the -conveyer between them while the table moves with theconveyer, and means for projecting the brushes through the table intothe bottles.

In testimony whereof, I aiiX my signature, inv presence of twoWitnesses.

' DANIEL SCHMID. iitnesses:

C. H. KEENEY, LAURA-A. KELLEY,

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